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The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal court to force Navistar to release documents it believes the company "improperly redacted and withheld as privileged" in response to a fraud investigation. The 42-page complaint also brings to light what the SEC claims was Navistar's failed efforts to put "political pressure" on the Environmental Protection Agency to certify an engine technology it spent more than $700 million developing. The SEC's complaint was filed late last year in federal court in Chicago and amended last week. The SEC is investigating whether Navistar violated federal securities laws by making false or misleading statements...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal court to force Navistar to release documents it believes the company "improperly redacted and withheld as privileged" in response to a fraud investigation.
The 42-page complaint also...

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